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Using firefly on an iPad Last updated: 21 October 2013

Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 1

Downloading & Installing firefly .................................................................................................... 1

Logging In With Your User ID ....................................................................................................... 3

Logging In as a Guest ................................................................................................................... 5

Opening Folders ........................................................................................................................... 7

Viewing Documents .................................................................................................................... 10

Using the Progress Bar ........................................................................................................... 11

Options .................................................................................................................................... 12

Choosing Reading Speed .................................................................................................... 12

Choosing Reading Voice ..................................................................................................... 13

Choose the Reading Unit ..................................................................................................... 13

Defining a Word ...................................................................................................................... 13

Translating Text ...................................................................................................................... 16

Populating Your Library .............................................................................................................. 19

Index ........................................................................................................................................... 20


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Introduction The firefly app for the iPad is a mobile extension to the Kurzweil 3000 - firefly Web License educational program that delivers anytime, anywhere access to digital files from the Universal Library. You can download the firefly app from the App Store. Simply use your existing Kurzweil 3000-firefly Web License login credentials to access private and public documents from the Universal Library (see Logging In With Your User ID).

You can read any document uploaded to your Universal Library from Kurzweil 3000-firefly Web License version, as well as shared material that comes with firefly, such as Classic Literature -- a collection of nearly 2,000 Literary Classics.

If you don't have a Kurzweil 3000-firefly subscription, you can still use the app by logging in as a guest. Just click the No Login? Start Here! button on the login screen (see Logging In as a Guest).

Downloading & Installing firefly Download the firefly app from the App Store on your iPad.

1. Tap the App Store icon to open it.

2. In the App Store, enter firefly K3000 in the Search field. The results are displayed.

3. Tap the firefly button to open the description.


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4. Tap the Free button beneath the firefly icon. It will change to INSTALL APP.

5. Tap INSTALL APP. When it has finished installing, the button will show INSTALLED (and be grayed out).


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6. That's all there is to it.

An icon is placed on your iPad along with your other apps.

Logging In With Your User ID If you have a User ID you will have a place to view files and shared documents that were stored in your public and private folders in Kurzweil 3000-firefly Web. You will also have access to shared collections like Classic Literature.

1. Tap the firefly button on your iPad screen to open the app.

The login screen is displayed.


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2. Enter your Username and Password (this will be the same Username and Password as you use for your existing Kurzweil 3000-firefly Web License).

3. Tap Log In button. The Library window is displayed. You will see a list of folders that are available to the users in your subscription. Your login name will appear at the top of the list. Beneath the User folders is a list of firefly Shared Library folders. Note: If you have logged in as a Guest, you will only see the firefly Shared Library folders.

4. Select your name. Your Public and Private folders are displayed in the right panel.

5. Tap the folder that you want to open. A list of items are displayed in the right panel.


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6. Tap the item that you want to open and read. It is displayed on the screen for you to read.

Logging In as a Guest If you don't have a User ID you can explore firefly's library, giving you access to the shared material that comes with firefly. As a guest, you won't have a place to store your private files or a place to share documents with others.

1. Tap the firefly button on your iPad screen to open the app.

The login screen is displayed.


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2. Tap No Login? Start Here! button. The Library window is displayed. It will show the Kurzweil Library folders available for you to explore.


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Opening Folders 1. Tap the firefly button on your iPad screen to open the app.

The login screen is displayed. Log in with your User ID or as a Guest. If you log in with your User ID you will see the Shared Library Folders beneath the users' folders; if you log in as a Guest you will only see the Shared Library Folders.

2. Tap the folder that you want to open, for example, in the Shared Library folders open classic_literature. A list of classic literature folders is displayed in the right panel. They are organized by alphabet and by category (e.g., european_history, japanese_history, etc.)


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3. Tap a folder to open, for example the a folder. Another list of folders is displayed. They are organized by author name.


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4. In the left column, tap an author's folder, alcott_louisa_may, for example, and a list of works by Louisa May Alcott is displayed in the right column. Books may have several chapters and are stored in folders. Tap a folder to see the list of files. Or tap one of the text files, flower_fables.txt, for example. In a few seconds it is displayed on the screen for you to read. See Viewing Documents for details about the reading screen.


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Viewing Documents After you have selected a document to read, it opens in a reading window. There are several buttons for navigation.

• The Library button takes you back to the Library.

• The button in the center is a Start / Stop reading toggle. Tap it once to start reading (the Play button changes to a Stop button). Tap the Stop button to stop reading.

• The buttons on each side of the Start / Stop reading toggle are to move to the next or previous reading unit. The button on the left moves back to the previous reading unit; the button on the right advances to the next reading unit.

• The Options button opens the Options panel.


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At the bottom of the screen a Progress Bar and page number information are displayed.

• Zoom works the same as it does in other iPad apps -- place two fingers on the page and spread your fingers apart to zoom in. Or, pinch your fingers together to zoom back out.

Using the Progress Bar

If your document is many pages long, and you want to skip quickly through several pages, you can use the Progress Bar rather than paging through one page at a time.

1. Tap and hold the round button on the Progress Bar.

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2. Drag the button to the right. Briefly a "wait" icon spins in the middle of the page.


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3. And shortly the page you are skipping to is displayed and the progress bar shows the new page number information.

4. You can also skip through to previous pages using the same procedure -- just drag the button to the left.

Options

Tap the Options button to open the Options panel where you can set up your reading preferences.

Choosing Reading Speed

You can select the reading speed using the Pace slider on the Options panel.


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1. Tap and hold the button on the Pace slider and move it left to slow down the reading speed or move it right to speed it up. The default is Normal.

2. When you have finished, tap anywhere outside the options panel to close it.

Choosing Reading Voice

You can select from five reading voices: Julie, Paul, Kate, Bridget, and Violeta (for Spanish). The default voice is Kate.

1. Scroll to the voice that you want.


Choose the Reading Unit

You can select from three reading units: Line, Sentence, and Paragraph.

The selection you choose determines how much of your reading material is highlighted while you read.

1. Click the Line, Sentence, or Paragraph button.


Defining a Word

You can look up the definition of words that you select.

1. To select a word, press the screen anywhere and hold until the Start text selection button is displayed


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2. Select a word. The Translate / Define button pops up.


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3. Tap the Define button. The Definition page opens showing the definition of the selected word.


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4. When you have finished, tap the Back button to close the Definition Page and return to the page you were reading.

Translating Text

You can select text to be translated into another language. There are many languages to choose from and some have Voice available. Those languages are noted by an asterisk.

1. To select the text, press the screen anywhere and hold until the Start text selection button is displayed.


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2. Tap the Start text selection button. The button closes and you can begin selecting text.

3. Tap and drag until you have selected all the text that you want translated. Release and the Translate button is displayed.


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4. Tap the Translate button. A list of languages is displayed. (Voice availability is indicated by an asterisk.)

5. Tap the language that you want the selection translated to.

6. The Translation Page is displayed showing the text you selected alongside the translation of that text. The translation is highlighted.


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7. Click the Read button to hear (or read) the translated text. (Note: Voice is not available with every language.)

8. When you have finished, tap the Back button return to the page you were reading.

Populating Your Library Documents that you have uploaded using the firefly Kurzweil 3000-firefly Web License version will be available to you on your iPad. Also, your teacher may have added reading material to your Public and Private folders.

firefly on the iPad can read text files (.txt) and Kurzweil files (.kes).


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Index A

App Store ................................................... 1

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Definition Page ......................................... 13

Downloading firefly ................................... 1

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Folders ....................................................... 7

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Installing firefly .......................................... 1

L

Languages for translation to .................... 16

Library button ........................................... 10

Logging in

with no User ID ...................................... 5

with your User ID ................................... 3

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Options button .......................................... 10

Options panel ........................................... 12

P

Progress bar ............................................ 10

using to navigate through several pages ......................................................... 11

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Reading pace

setting ................................................... 12

Reading unit

selecting................................................ 12

Reading voice

selecting................................................ 12

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Selecting a word to define ........................ 13

Selecting text to translate ......................... 16

Shared Library Folders ............................... 7

Start / Stop Reading button ...................... 10

Start text selection button ......................... 16

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Translate button ........................................ 16

Translating text ......................................... 16

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Universal Library ......................................... 1

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Word definition .......................................... 13

Z

Zoom in and out ........................................ 10